Riau Police Ask Propam To Investigate Bungaraya Police Chief Bringing Corruption Convicts Out Of Prison To Check Palm Oil Gardens

Bungaraya Police Chief AKP SelAMEt together with detainees in the corruption case of misappropriation of subsidized fertilizer named Suparmin (wearing gloves) checked the oil palm plantation in Siak. (ANTARA/HO-Screenshot)

RIAU - Riau Regional Police (Polda) admitted that they would take firm action against AKP SelAMEt, the Bungaraya Sector Police Chief (Kapolsek) in Siak Regency bringing prisoners or prisoners in suspected corruption cases out of prison by car.

The Head of Regional Police, Inspector General of Police Mohammad Iqbal, said that his party had received a report on the case. He has asked the Special Crimes and Propam of the Riau Police to investigate this case.

"It is suspected that the police chief invited one of the detainees entrusted by the prosecutor to check the garden. I have asked to investigate. If it is proven that there has been a violation of discipline or a professional code of ethics, the action is in accordance with applicable regulations," said Iqbal in Pekanbaru, Riau, Tuesday, October 17, which was confiscated by Antara.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Riau High Prosecutor's Office (Kajati) Supardi admitted that he had not received a report regarding the Siak Kejari detainee being taken out of the cell by the Bungaraya Police Chief, AKP SelAMEt. According to him, taking prisoners out of the cell is allowed if the reason is urgent.

"I have not received a report related to that. It is okay to bring out detainees on the grounds of an emergency or urgent need," he said.

Supardi even asked his members to check the information of the prosecutor's detainees who were allegedly brought to check the garden by the Bunga Raya Police Chief, Siak Regency. "Please check it later," said Supardi.

It is known that a team from the Professional and Security Section (Propam) of the Siak Resort Police has conducted an examination of the Bungaraya Police Chief, AKP SelAMEt for allegedly carrying prisoners in suspected corruption cases out of the cell by car. "Yes, that's right, while it's still under Propam investigation," said the Head of the Siak Police, AKBP Asep Sujarwadi.

Based on the videos and photos circulating, the Bungaraya Police Chief went together to the oil palm plantation which was said to belong to a prisoner named Suparmin in Rawang Air Putih Village, Siak District. Suparmin was seen still wearing a sarong and T-shirt accompanied by his lawyer.

Suparmin, who is a state civil servant at the Siak Agriculture Service, has been named a suspect in alleged corruption in the misappropriation of subsidized fertilizers in Kerinci Kanan District in 2021. He was named a suspect along with six other people